2.48 Use Synthetic Division to divide f x ( ) by x − k ( ) , where k is one of our rational candidates. Remember that the following are equivalent for a nonzero polynomial f x ( ) and a real number k : x − k ( ) is a factor of f x ( ) ⇔ k is a zero of f x ( ) i.e., f k ( ) =0 ( ) ⇔ We get a 0 remainder in the Synthetic Division process. The first

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